"The old mayor climb’d the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three; ‘Pull, if ye never pull’d before; Good ring…"

"Solid men of Boston, make no long orations; Solid men of Boston, drink no long potations; Solid men of Boston, go to …"

"Factory Records were not just made in the north. They were entirely, fundamentally, immanently of the north. They sou…"

"If it stopped banging on about its football teams and its bands and its shops and its attitude, Manchester has someth…"

"We like annoying people. It’s a Manchester thing. It’s a trait. We just like pissing people off."

"Manchester is in the south of the north of England. Its spirit has a contrariness in it – a south and north bound up …"

"Manchester’s got everything except a beach."

"Manchester has pure life packed into its bare brick warehouses, ironically sunny-themed trams, and even its old railw…"

"And on the sixth day God created Manchester"

"I had no idea that any of us could play as well as we did on Morning Glory. I hoped we could, but I didn’t know. The …"